May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 51

Unsold
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
JAN GOSSAERT, CALLED MABUSE
Cain Killing Abel.

Woodcut, circa 1520. 301x225 mm; 11 7/8x8 7/8 inches. With thread margins or trimmed on the border line, with the border line preserved all around. A very good impression of this extremely scarce, early Netherlandish woodcut.

We have found only 3 other Gossaert woodcuts at auction in the past 30 years and no other impressions of this subject. Hollstein 4.